Coussapoa curranii
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Coussapoa curranii faces primary threats from deforestation and habitat fragmentation across its limited range in Central American cloud forests. Agricultural expansion, particularly cattle ranching and coffee cultivation, continues to reduce available habitat. The species' restricted elevational range makes it particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts, as warming temperatures may force populations to higher elevations where suitable habitat becomes increasingly scarce.
Habitat
This species inhabits montane cloud forests and humid tropical forests at elevations typically between 1,000-2,000 meters. It grows as an epiphytic or hemiepiphytic tree in the canopy layer of these moist, high-altitude forest ecosystems.
